Good Questions for Math TeachingWhat is a good question?How do I create a good question?How might I use a good question in my mathematics classroom? Not only does this powerful resource answer these questions, it also provides more than 300 examples of open-ended tasks, in question format, to support you in creating dynamic learning environments and helping students make sense of math. Designed as a supplement to your mathematics curriculum, the tasks can be seamlessly embedded within lessons and units of study, used for warm-up routines and review, and incorporated into assessments. The second edition of this popular resource includes all-time favorite questions as well as new ones!
Questions cover financial literacy; counting and place value; decimals; operations (addition, subtraction, multiplication, division); fractions (fraction models, comparing fractions, adding and subtracting fractions); geometry (two-dimensional and three-dimensional shapes); data analysis and probability, and measurement (weight, volume, area, time, length and perimeter).
Good Questions for Math Teaching: Why Ask Them and What to Ask, Grades K-5, Second Edition
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Pat Lilburn has more than twenty years of experience as a university lecturer and classroom teacher in elementary mathematics education. She earned her master's degree in Education (Mathematics Learning) and has written more than twenty internationally published math resources, including Investigations, Tasks, and Rubrics to Teach and Assess Math, Grades 1-6, published by Math Solutions.
Peter Sullivan is an Emeritus Professor of Education at Monash University in Australia. He has been President of the Australian Association of Mathematics Teachers, Chief Editor of the Mathematics Education Research Journal, and a member of the Early Numeracy Research Project team. He has an extensive list of publications, from books to journal articles.